Gotham One-shots

Your Obediant Servant (Edward x reader x Oswald)

- Part 2 of "For The Record"

- Alert: EXCESSIVE point of view switch-ups.
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(Ed's POV)

        He precisely came into view.. after ____ left.

He spoke up, "how does the 'Penguin,'" he snarled, "an arrogant, orphan, bastard, whoreson somehow endorse our ____ to leave us?!"

I tried to stick up for them, mostly _____, "it wasn't their faul---"

However, he cut me off, "I wanna be in the room where it happens.... yes," he chuckled darkly, "the room where it happens. Oswald has kept us from the room where it happens for the last time!"

"I'll write to him. Will that satisfy you?! (A/N: Pun indeed intended XD) Then... will you leave me alone?"

He only smirked. In which, I rolled my eyes.

Grabbing a piece of paper and a pen, I began to write...

            
              Dear Oswald,
I am slow to anger,
But I toe the line.
As I reckon with the effects
Of your life on mine.
I look back on where I failed,
And in every place I checked,
The only common thread...
Has been your disrespect.
Now you call me "amoral,"
A "dangerous disgrace,"
If you've got something to say,
Name a time and place...
Face to face.
I have the honor to be
Your Obediant Servant.
                           ~ E. Nygma

He chuckled behind me, "oh goodie," he clapped, his expression turning mono-tone, " now... send it."

(Oswald's POV)

I scoffed, opening Edward's letter.

Luckily, ____ was out of town for the weekend, or so. A spa retreat or something.

I, almost immediately, threw the letter into the fire.

I began to write one with my response.

    
            Mr. Nygma
I am not the reason
____ doesn't trust you,
She doesn't know what to believe.
I will not equivocate on my opinion,
I have always worn it on my sleeve.
Even if I did what you think I did,
You would need to cite
A more specific grievance.
Here's an itemized list,
Of years worth of disagreements...

Oswald could practically already hear Ed whispering "Sweet jesus..."

He continued to write.

Hey, I have not been shy.
I am just a guy in the public eye,
Trying to do my best for Gotham.
I don't want to fight.
But! I will not apologize,
For doing what's right.
I have the honor to be
Your Obediant Servant.
                          ~ O. Cobblepot

(Ed's POV)

After writing to Oswald yesterday, he stuck to his word and left me the hell alone.

I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, collecting today's mail...
Only to see a fancy-looking letter, in cursive writing, and completed with a wax stamp.

Oswald.

I read the letter, now infuriated, I tore it to shreds.

Writing back, he said "we oughta kill him."

I groaned, "I'm working on it."

                  Dear Oswald,
Be careful,
How you proceed, Penguin.
Intemperate indeed, Penguin.
Answer for the accusations
I lay at your feet, or...
Prepare to bleed, Penguin.
                            ~ E. Nygma

(Oswald's POV)

How dare he?!

How dare he threaten me! Of all people! He chooses to attack the mayor of Gotham. Ha!

             Mr. Nygma
Your grievance is legitimate.
I stand by what I said, every bit of it.
You stand only for yourself,
It's what you do.
I can't apologize,
Because it's true.
                   ~ O. Cobblepot

(Ed's POV)

I sighed.

Another day, another letter.

I viciously tore the letter open, honestly tired of this debate.

He should just give ____ up... she was mine... Oswald stole her. I can't belive he and I we were once friends... he should just send ____ back to me, it woud be a lot easier on his part.

He laughed, "Oswald would never do that. "

I read the letter, he reading it over my shoulder.

I wrote only a few sentences back.

          Then stand, Cobblepot.
At the docs. Dawn.
Guns. Drawn.
            ~ E. Nygma

(Oswald's POV)

I opened the letter. The daily letter I get from 'Nygma.'

I read it

Laughing, I thought, if the fool wants to die... so be it.

I wrote back, dropping the letter on his doorstep, personally.

Alas, he wasn't home.

So I waddled out of there, faster than when I arrived.

(Ed's POV)

"strange..." he said, "the letters usually come the next day."

"Huh," I thought aloud, "it is peculiar."

I sighed, "oh well. Let's see what the 'Roach' has to say this time."

I opened the letter, dumbfounded.

Inside, there were only two words written...

                   
                 Your on.

He laughed behind me, causing me to urn around.

He was hunched over cradling himself from laughing, when, all of a sudden, he looked at me, pure amusement displayed on his face.

"Better get ready, Eddie-boy, this is gonna be fun! "

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Hey there!
Sooo, what'd ya think?? :D
I know, it's pretty short, kind of a filler.
Part 3 coming soon! (It's gonna get intense)